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PREFACE.
The following Poems were written originally for the Amuſement of the Author, as they were the Products of her leiſure Moments. She had no Intention ever to have publiſhed them; nor would they now have made their Appearance, but at the Importunity of many of her beſt, and moſt generous Friends; to whom she conſiders herſelf, as under the greateſt Obligations.
As her Attempts in Poetry are now ſent into the World, it is hoped the Critic will not ſeverely cenſure their Defects; and we preſume they have too much Merit
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